Collaborating or co-existing: A survey of attitudes of medical oncologists toward specialist palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 698-707

  Ward, Alicia M ^a   Agar, Meera ^a,b   Koczwara, Bogda ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Braeside Hospital   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes of health personnel; Collaboration; Health care survey; Medical oncology; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 74849089302     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309107004     Document Type: Article

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